{"id":397,"date":"2013-07-13T11:36:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T10:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachingvb.com\/?p=397"},"modified":"2013-07-13T11:36:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T10:36:22","slug":"game-newcomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/13\/game-newcomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Game: Newcomb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> This is a great way to introduce the basics of volleyball play to new players. It can also be very useful working with teams on positioning and movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age\/Skill Level:<\/strong> This game is suitable for beginners and lower level teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong> Court, two teams of players. This game does not require a proper net, just a rope or something else strung at an appropriate height.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Execution:<\/strong> This is volleyball played with throwing and catching. There are (or have been) some rules specific to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newcomb_ball\">official game of Newcomb<\/a>, but the primary ones are balls must be caught (not hit, blocked, patted, etc.), no steps are permitted by the ball-holder, there is a 3-second holding limit, and throws must be made from the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Variations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For more advanced groups, things like throwing from in the air (alley-oop style) and blocking may be permitted.<\/li><li>For developing groups, a mixture of Newcomb and proper volleyball contacts may be allowed.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The game can be used to work teams on movement and positioning for things like offensive and defensive transitions.<\/li><li>If played competitively, this game can also get players thinking about finding open areas on the court in advance of working on skills like setter dumps, tips, roll shots, etc.<\/li><li>Played at a sufficiently high level, this could be a good warm-up.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcomb is a game which can be very useful with beginners to introduce volleyball concepts, and at a higher level to work on positioning and transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[60,154,180,258,332,489],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volleyball-games","tag-beginner","tag-footwork","tag-intermediate","tag-positioning","tag-transition","tag-warm-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsite.coachingvb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}